Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
AESCHYLUSIn war, the first casualty is truth.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.
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Everyone is ready to speak ill of a stranger.
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Nothing forces us to know, What we do not want to know except pain.
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She looked just like a painting dying to speak.
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Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.
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There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
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The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
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In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
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Horror gives place to wonder at your true account; The rest outstrips our comprehension; we give up.
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In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
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It is always in season for old men to learn.
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A curse burns bright on crime
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When a man’s willing and eager the god’s join in.
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